TEACHERS’ ICT INTEGRATION STATES ON THE EVE OF FATIH PROJECT

Integration of Information and Communication Technologies into education has recently been one of the most challenging issues in educational improvement and recovery plan of Turkish government. Immediately before the implementation of Fatih Project (Action for Increasing Opportunities and Improving Technology), it is important to have a look at the insights of teachers. In this study, it was aimed to find out the level of background knowledge about the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the integration of ICT in education process by today's teachers. So as to find the answers to this question, the study was designed in quantitative research model as a survey research in cross-sectional survey design. The work group included 172 teachers who works in MNE schools. The data were collected through ‘ICT Integration in Education' questionnaire. In the analysis of data; descriptive statistics, t-tests and Anova tests were used. And as a result, the study showed that current initiatives with ICT need further investigation for a successful implementation of ICT usage.